Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Morehouse
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School
- Internship: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- The role of CC16 in the associations of preterm birth with lung function and asthma in adult life.
Voraphani N, Klevebro S, Larsson F, Wang G, Merid SK, Björkander S, Um-Bergström P, Bergström A, Kull I, Merritt AS, Spangenberg AL, Carr TF, Stern DA, Ledford JG, Hallmark BR, Melén E, Guerra S
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2025;
PMID: 40976366 - Distinct Phenotypes of Peripheral Innate Lymphoid Cells and T Cells in Type 2 and Non-Type 2 Asthma.
Kere MM, Björkander S, Merid SK, Hernandez-Pacheco N, Maier P, Merritt AS, Bergström A, Kull I, Daub CO, Mjösberg J, Tibbitt CA, Melén E
Clinical and translational allergy. 2025;15(9):e70108.
PMID: 40965120 - Epigenetic timing effects on child developmental outcomes: a longitudinal meta-regression of findings from the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics Consortium.
Neumann A, Sammallahti S, Cosin-Tomas M, Reese SE, Suderman M, Alemany S, Almqvist C, Andrusaityte S, Arshad SH, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Beilin L, Breton C, Bustamante M, Czamara D, Dabelea D, Eng C, Eskenazi B, Fuemmeler BF, Gilliland FD, Grazuleviciene R, Håberg SE, Herberth G, Holland N, Hough A, Hu D, Huen K, Hüls A, Jarvelin MR, Jin J, Julvez J, Koletzko BV, Koppelman GH, Kull I, Lu X, Maitre L, Mason D, Melén E, Merid SK, Molloy PL, Mori TA, Mulder RH, Page CM, Richmond RC, Röder S, Ross JP, Schellhas L, Sebert S, Sheppard D, Snieder H, Starling AP, Stein DJ, Tindula G, van IJzendoorn MH, Vonk J, Walton E, Witonsky J, Xu CJ, Yang IV, Yousefi PD, Zar HJ, Zenclussen AC, Zhang H, Tiemeier H, London SJ, Felix JF, Cecil C
Genome medicine. 2025;17(1):39.
PMID: 40229801 - Lung-function trajectories: relevance and implementation in clinical practice.
Melén E, Faner R, Allinson JP, Bui D, Bush A, Custovic A, Garcia-Aymerich J, Guerra S, Breyer-Kohansal R, Hallberg J, Lahousse L, Martinez FD, Merid SK, Powell P, Pinnock H, Stanojevic S, Vanfleteren LEGW, Wang G, Dharmage SC, Wedzicha J, Agusti A,
Lancet (London, England). 2024;403(10435):1494-1503.
PMID: 38490231 - Eosinophilic allergic rhinitis is strongly associated with the CD45RB subset of CD161 Th2 cells that secretes IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, and IL-13.
Lee WWL, Puan KJ, Lee B, Chua C, Koh SM, Yusof N, Tan KP, Luis BS, Ong J, Merid SK, Ang R, Chan XY, Hui LJ, Terenzani E, Lum J, Foo S, Zolezzi F, Yan ATS, Melen E, Yi SJ, Rotzschke O, Andiappan AK
Allergy. 2023;78(10):2794-2798.
PMID: 37551093 - SARS-CoV-2 Infection-and mRNA Vaccine-induced Humoral Immunity among Schoolchildren in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Merid Y, Tekleselasie W, Tesfaye E, Gadisa A, Fentahun D, Abate A, Alemu A, Mihret A, Mulu A, Gelanew T
Frontiers in immunology. 2023;
PMID: 37398668 - A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies on pregnancy vitamin B12 concentrations and offspring DNA methylation.
Monasso GS, Hoang TT, Mancano G, Fernández-Barrés S, Dou J, Jaddoe VWV, Page CM, Johnson L, Bustamante M, Bakulski KM, Håberg SE, Ueland PM, Battram T, Merid SK, Melén E, Caramaschi D, Küpers LK, Sunyer J, Nystad W, Heil SG, Schmidt RJ, Vrijheid M, Sharp GC, London SJ, Felix JF
Epigenetics. 2023;18(1):2202835.
PMID: 37093107 - Innate lymphoid cells type 2 and CD8 T cells are perturbed in overweight and obese individuals with asthma.
Björkander S, Maier P, Kere M, Merid SK, Wirth L, Wiegel W, Ekström S, Kull I, Bergström A, Melén E, Mjösberg J, Tibbitt CA
Allergy. 2023;78(9):2533-2536.
PMID: 36994759 - Associations of improved air quality with lung function growth from childhood to adulthood: the BAMSE study.
Yu Z, Merid SK, Bellander T, Bergström A, Eneroth K, Georgelis A, Hallberg J, Kull I, Ljungman P, Klevebro S, Stafoggia M, Wang G, Pershagen G, Gruzieva O, Melén E
The European respiratory journal. 2023;
PMID: 36822631 - A Community Participatory Approach to Creating Contextually Tailored mHealth Notifications: myBPmyLife Project.
Hellem AK, Casetti A, Bowie K, Golbus JR, Merid B, Nallamothu BK, Dorsch MP, Newman MW, Skolarus L
Health promotion practice. 2024;25(3):417-427.
PMID: 36704967
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